Regret not planting more?

[collie_man]

I am soon about to start the adventure of my first grow. Me and my pal are growing together and were thinking about planting 20-30 plants. I don't know if this is a bad idea and just a waste of money because it's our first grow and we'll probably mess it up, but it seems to me like more grows turn out successful then not if you know what you're doing, and I'm afraid if I only do a few plants because I think that I'll just mess them up and wouldn't want to waste a bunch of seeds, that those few plants will yeild large amounts and I'll regret not growing more...

FINAL QUESTION:
Do more people regret not planting more seeds because the grow actaully worked very nicely or do more people regretting planting too many seeds and then failing and blowing all of that money

Hope this made sense... I'm uber baked and tired

If you only have 30 seeds, i'd plant 10 of em. No sense ruining them all, you will make mistakes the first time.

[waddo]

Its not so much the mistakes side of things, as these things are hard to kill, but the more optimal conditions the more optimal yield.

Keep PH right, Temps right and air.

Unless you have femmed seeds you need 30 to get about 7-10 females (depending). By the time you pull the males you will have alot less...

[sergio]

It depends on the size of your room and light set up.

Also the strain is important cuz if you have a strain that bushes out than that will take up more grow room and light space.

Also the size of your pots is important. 6 inch pots generally produce single cola plants 8 ich two colas ect...

I'm in a situation right now. I figured my 36 x 24 area could hold 24 6 inch pots. Well it can but not 24 full size plants. 12 ideally. This is the kind of thing you need to learn the hard way. I'm 12/12 from seed on most of mine. just started to veg the last batch for a few weeks. So the plants are smaller 12- 24 inches when complete.(aprox 1 oz per plant estimate)

I have 3 small flowering (6 weeks @ 12/12)MP5K and Speed Queen)
7 Northern light females1 foot tall and slightly bushy 2 weeks flowering
8 seedlings 1 week from showing sex.

That's 18 pots. Now in 3 weeks the oldest 3 will be harvested and the 8 ready to show sex will and the males will be gone. 50% male/female ratio that's 7 pots removed.

Problem I have is I have 7 seedlings in veg and they will be ready for 12/12 in two weeks or so.
I'm back to a full house and will suffer light blockage on alot of lower braches and buds.

So I went too many. looking for somebody to take a few seedlings just in case.

From this point I'll be cloning and 12 plants @ a time is the magic number.4 rows of 3

Hope that helps.